Segments

KCRA Daily Newsfilm #12, September 1960-October 1960

00:10 – TOMATO PLOWING (SACTO), Black and White, Silent / Sound, 0:40, Sacramento, tomato grower, tomatoes being plowed under, an interview of Mr. Perry, 1960/09/28

01:23 – N.Y. INDUSTRIALIST (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:23, Sacramento, Johnson’s Del Prado restaurant 5500 Stockton Boulevard, New York Industrialist, 1960/09/28

01:47 – TIME CAPSULE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:42, San Francisco, 1080 Chestnut Street, time capsule placement, 1960/09/28

02:30 – CODE 20 TRUCK AND TRESTLE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:37, Sacramento, moving van with roof torn off after driving under a railroad trestle, 1960/09/29

03:08 – MR. AND MRS. SENTENCED (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:43, Sacramento, Superior Court, sentence hearing for Bobby Meredith Blundell, “Mr. 35”, famous for having cashed over $200,000 worth of bad checks, also his wife Ruth Dale Blundell, “Mrs. 35” 1960/09/29

03:34 – PRESIDENT LINCOLN LAUNCHES (S.F.), Black and White, Silent, 0:38, San Francisco, the launching of the SS President Lincoln of the American President Line, Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson attempts to christen ship, 1960/09/29

04:16 – C.H.P. CADET CLASS (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:32, Sacramento, California Highway Patrol, cadet graduation ceremony, 1960/09/30

04:56 – HIRE THE HANDICAPPED (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:38, Sacramento, McClellan Air Force Base, informative information on hiring the handicapped, disabled, a blind woman, man in a wheel chair and Librarian on crutches, 1960/09/30

05:49 – LT. GOV. UNITED CRUSADES (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:35, Sacramento, State Capitol Building, Lieutenant Governor’s office, Glenn M. Anderson supports the United Crusade, 1960/09/30

06:23 – ARMY PLANE CRASH (ORINDA), Black and White, Silent, 0:35, Orinda, Contra Costa County, U. S. Army airplane crash, six persons perished.1960/10/01

07:00 - CONTRACT BRIDGE TOURNAMENT (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:40, Sacramento, Eighth Annual State Capitol Sectional Bridge Championship, 1960/10/01

07:44 – JEWISH TEMPLE CELEBRATION (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:45, Sacramento, Future Home of Temple Israel and Jewish Community Center, existing Sacramento, Temple Israel, 1960/10/01

08:30 – DEATH CARS – LIONS CLUB, Black and White, Silent, 0:40, Lodi, San Joaquin County, Stockton and Pacifica Lions Clubs, a truck convoy of badly damaged cars do to automobile accidents, parading through, Lodi, San Joaquin County, under the Lodi Arch and Lockeford, San Joaquin County, 1960/10/01

09:12 – SHAW IND. PARK (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:32, Sacramento, Shaw Industrial Park, Future Home of The H. C. Shaw Company, Machinery Supply, ground breaking ceremony, 1960/10/01

09:46 – C.O.P. RANCH GRANT (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:30, Sacramento, Rancho dos Rios, W. W. Brand, Dairy, 1960/10/01

10:17 – FIRE NORTH AREA, Black and White, Silent, 0:25, Del Paso Heights, Sacramento County, Kelly Court and Doolittle Street, building fire, 1960/10/01

10:43 – SR. CITIZENS CONF. (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:42, Sacramento, Memorial Auditorium, Governor’s Conference of Aging, 1960/10/03

11:20 – FIREMAN TRAINING (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 1:32, Sacramento, Sacramento Fire Department training, 1960/10/03

12:64 – HORSEMEN CONV. (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:32, Sacramento, California Horsemen Convention, 2nd and I Streets past the Espanol Restaurant and Hotel, California State Fair Grounds, Stockton Boulevard, 1960/10/04

13:38 – 1000 LB. CONCRETE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:32, Sacramento, Hiram Johnson High School 14th Avenue, concrete block being broken and removed from the front of the campus, believed to have placed there as prank, 1960/10/04

14:13 - 901A 16th ST. OVERPASS & N.B. (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:35, Sacramento, traffic accident on 16th Street near the railroad overpass, 1960/10/

14:50 - VP CANDIDATE LODGE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent / Sound, 0:32, Sacramento, Republican vice presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge and wife Emily Sears, arrive at the airport and speak at the Capitol 1960/10/06

16:39 – DISASTER DRILL?, Black and White, Silent, 0:35, Location unknown, appears to be a damaged aircraft covered with foam, temporary spot lights, spectators on the perimeter, appears to be a drill 1960/10/06

17:33 - SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO: EAGLET THEATER, Black and White, Silent, 0:33, Sacramento, a play about the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt is portrayed by Howard Bailey, Eleanor Roosevelt is portrayed by June Reid. 1960/10/06

18:08 - FLORAL BUTTONS (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:35, Sacramento, Senator Hotel, Senator Hotel, California State Florists Association, convention, floral buttons with the names JACK and Dick, Maralee Grote, Sacramento State College student helps to present buttons,1960/10/06

18:44 - SIGNAL CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:45, Sacramento, 1123 K Street, Army Signal Corp centennial traveling exhibit, depicting 100 years of army communications. 1960/10/06

19:30 - WATT AVE. BRIDGE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:42, Sacramento, American River, showing the construction progress of the bridge, 1960/10/06

20:15 - 901A 4th & J ST. (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:26, Sacramento, 4th and J Streets, Injured man placed in ambulance, police question second man, 1960/10/06

20:46 - D.V.I. CENTER – TRACY (TRACY), Black and White, Silent, 0:43, Tracy, San Joaquin County, Deuel Vocational Institution, Department of Corrections, California State Prison, 1960/10/06

21:32 - BALLOT PREPARATION (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:37, Sacramento, Sacramento County Clerk, Registration, workers preparing ballots, 1960/10/07

22:10 - 552nd SAFETY AWARD (McCLELLAN), Black and White, Silent, 0:32, Sacramento, McClellan Air Force Base, Officer’s Club, presentation of award, Air Defense Command, 552nd AEW Con Wing, 1960/10/07

22:43 - VETTER IN COURT (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:30, Sacramento, Richard A. Vetter a Folsom Prison convict, accused of murdering fellow convict John Morris Jr. 1960/10/07

23:15 - CLOWDS [?] 211 SAFE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:40, Sacramento, North Highlands, The Clouds restaurant 6601 Watt Avenue, police investigating a break in, 1960/10/07

23:50 - SCAMP (SUB) LAUNCHED (VALLEJO), Black and White, Silent, 0:45, Vallejo, Solano County, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Scamp an attack nuclear powered submarine is launched, Mrs. John C. Hollingsworth of New London Connecticut, widow of the skipper of the first Scamp christened the Sub. 1960/10/07

24:37 - 901A 32nd & 8th AVE. (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:43, Sacramento, 32nd Street and 8th Avenue, ambulance and police respond to a traffic accident. 1960/10/08

24:21 - CALIF. FLORISTS CONV. SCHOOL (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:43, Sacramento, Senator Hotel, California State Florists Association, convention, 1960/10/08

26:06 - BRUSH FIRE – RANCHO CORDOVA (R.C.), Black and White, Silent, 0:37, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, County, grass and brush fire. 1960/10/08

26:44 - $2,500 POODLE (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:40, Sacramento, Poodle valued at $2,500 1960/10/09

27:16 - FAIR BOARD MEET (SACTO), Black and White, Silent, 0:41, Sacramento, California State Fairgrounds, Fair Board meeting, 1960/10/10

27:59 - JR. MUSEUM FIRE (STOCKTON), Black and White, Silent, 0:36, Stockton, San Joaquin County Schools Science Center and Junior Museum, a fire destroyed a building and several animals perished 1960/10/10

28:39 - DENMARK KING AND QUEEN (S.F.), Black and White, Silent, 0:45, San Francisco, King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark on a good will tour, are driven down Market Street to the City Hall, 1960/10/10